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Judges Quotes

"Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected."

"Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected."

Alan Dershowitz, American Lawyer

Judges, Justice

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"We're all the harshest judges of ourselves."

"We're all the harshest judges of ourselves."

Susan Anton, American Actress

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"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."

"We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

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"As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there."

"As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there."

James Durbin, American Musician

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"Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines."

"Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines."

Alec Baldwin, American Actor

Judges, Party, Washington

8

"We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field."

"We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field."

Warren E. Burger, American Judge

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"There is no dispute that judges need a pay raise."

"There is no dispute that judges need a pay raise."

Robert Duncan, American Poet

8

"I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed."

"I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed."

Floyd Abrams, American Lawyer

Judges, Opponents, Question, Thinking

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"All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table."

"All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table."

Gary Bauer, American Public Servant

Judges, Want, Will, World

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"Judges are appointed often through the political process."

"Judges are appointed often through the political process."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

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"Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times."

"Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times."

Warren E. Burger, American Judge

Judges, Law, Opinion, Public

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"You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer."

"You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer."

Sol Wachtler, American Judge

Judges, Lawyers, Sun

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